Justice, power, and mercy, exemplified in his dealings with the crea- tures, xii. 162.
Forming us (6 zaripyacdfisvog iig avTo roDro), meaning of the expression, xii. 476.
Giving us the earnest of his Spirit, meaning of the expression, xii. 476.
Enmity to sinners, xiii. 299 ; condescension in the work of reconcilia- tion, 301.
Being and bounty, two principles necessary to be firmly believed by all that would entertain communion with God, xiv. 153 ; we are bound to believe not only his essence but his providence, viz., that he regardeth human afl'airs, and will judge accordingly, 154 ; vengeance and punishment not so necessary to our faith as reward, 156 ; mean- ing of the word, 157 ; this reward principally in the next life, 158.
Dealing with Xoah and the world in his time a pledge and type of his dealing Avith the world in all after ages, xiv. 173.
Knowledge, its nature and properties, xxi. 174 ; scriptural reasons for belief in this knowledge, 178 : how this truth is entertained by men, 180 : the use of it. 181.
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Godliness in the use of lawful delights lieth in the mean between superstition and profaneness, ii. 100.
A great point of, is contentment, ii. 306.
True, grounded in faith, directed by knowledge, defended on the right hand by temperance against the allurements of the world, on the left, by ]3atience against the hardships of the world, iv. 33.
The worst and most afflicted part of, better than all the joys and com- forts of the world, iv. 37 C.
Decay of, shown by the languishing of zeal and neglect of pubKc duties, V. 425 ; by insipid formality and dead-heartedness, 426 ; by loathing of heavenly manna, 427 ; by plain apostasy, ih. ; by the wounds religion receives in the house of her friends, 428 ; by religion being made the stalking-horse to self-seeking designs, 429 ; by want of endeavours to diffuse religion, ib. ; by snarling at piety and purity, 430 ; by the currence of scandalous sins, 431.
The way of, not a gloomy way, vii. 74,
Not a holiday suit, but for constant wearing, viii. 384.
And holiness, formal difference between holiness signifieth the purity of our actions, and godliness the respect they have to God, ix. 373.
There is such a sin as antipathy against the power of, x. 371 ; scripture teacheth that it is so, 372 ; gives instances, 373 ; men will not^own that they hate others for their goodness, ib. ; proofs that they do so, 374 ; the servants of God are most hated and troubled by the worst men, ib. ; the best men are most hated and maligned, ib. ; religion escapeth not, though accompanied with meekness, &c., ib. ; invention of lies and ridiculous crimes to palliate their hatred, ib. ; if any are humble, mortified, serious, they are suspected, ib. ; the joy of wicked men when they have anything offered to justify their opposition, ib.
What it is, xvi. 152 ; the necessary graces, 153 ; the ordinances about which it is conversant, 155 ; how it must be exercised in worship, 158 ; in conversation, 161 ; exhortation, 162.
The greatest wisdom, xiii. 118. Godly, show their esteem of Christ by labouring after communion with him, iii. 259 ; by rejoicing in him when they have found him, ib. ; by prizing those things in which they find most of him, ib. ; by their boldness in professing him, ib. ; by seeking his honour and praise more than their own concernments, 260 j by avoiding all things whereby he may be dishonoured and disesteemed, ib. ; by accounting reproaches and afflictions for his sake honourable, ib.
Are the best neighbours, iv. 320.
Life, since the fall, not known by perfection of grace so much as by conflicts with sin, iv. 360. *
Man can be satisfied with no portion but God himself, vi. 113 ; his choice known by his endeavours to get anything of God into his heart, 117 ; by his prayers, ib. ; by his behaviour under trouble, when other things fail, ib. ; by his delight in God, ib. ; by his mourn- ing for his absence, ib.
Fear a fruit of faith, xiv. 195; what it is, 196; difference between servile and filial fear, 197.
Advantages derived from the example of, xiv. 208 ; should walk so that they may condemn the world, not by their censures, but by their lives, xiv. 212.
Calamities of, in this life, show that we have much more to hope for from Christ in the life to come, xix. 125.
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Gael (kinsman-redeemer) suiteth \<\th. no person so well as Christ, ii. 293;
meaning of the term, 294. Golden rule applies not only to actions, but to words and thoughts, ii. 373. Good, must be done tvell, i. 148.
And evil, by what measure we are to determine, i. 379 ; not by our fancies and conceits, but by the wisdom of God, ih. ; with respect to the chief good, 380 ; not always the good of the flesh, or of outward prosperity, ih. ; a particular must give way to a general, 381 ; not to be determined by sense, but faith, ih. Delight of doing, much greater than the cost, ii. 35. All from above, yet there are pipes and conveyances through which it comes, iv. 110 ; thought that all is from above prevents glorying in ourselves, 111; vaunting over others, ih. ; envy of those who have received more than ourselves, ih. Chiefest, Augustine reckoneth two hundred and eighty-eight opinions of,